Our Lady, Help of Christians
. I created this unique and meaningful locket designs in honor of Our Lady, Help of Christians. Express your faith and devotion with this handmade necklace, it's a very powerful piece and a true gift for yourself or someone special.
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Beautiful locket 35x26mm with image of Our Lady, Help of Christians, adorned with clear rhinestones.
This pendant comes with chain.
Materials: Rhinestones & Metal
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. The charms are not waterproof.
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Our Lady, Help of Christians
Mary Help of Christians (Latin: Sancta Maria Auxilium Christianorum; Spanish: Nuestra Señora María Auxiliadora; Filipino: Maria, Mapag-ampon sa mga Kristiyano), is a Roman Catholic Marian devotion with a feast day celebrated on May 24. Saint John Chrysostom was the first person to use this Marian title in year 345 as a devotion to the Virgin Mary, along with Saint Don Bosco who also propagated the same Marian devotion under this title.
The title of Mary Help of Christians is associated with the defense of Christian Europe (Latin and Greek), the north of Africa and the Middle East from non-Christian peoples during the Middle Age. In 1572, the Islamic Ottoman Empire intended to invade Christian Europe. Pope Pius V called Christian armies from all over Europe to defend the continent and asked the believers to pray to Mary in order to help the crusaders. The defeat of the Muslim Turks was attributed to the intercession of Mary under this title.
Pope Leo XIII granted a Canonical coronation towards the Marian image bearing the same title on 17 May 1903, now presently enshrined within the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians. Pope Benedict XVI during his Regina Caeli papal address on 24 May 2009 invoked this Marian patronage, under the venerated title of Our Mother of Sheshan, calling for Chinese Catholics to renew their fidelity to the Pope as the sole successor of Saint Peter.[1]
Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians
O Mary, powerful virgin, thou art the mighty and glorious protector of the Church;
thou art the marvelous help of Christians; thou art terrible as an army in battle array;
thou alone hast destroyed every heresy in the whole world.
In the midst of our anguish, our struggles and our distress defend us from the power
of the enemy and at the hour of our death receive our souls in paradise.
Amen.